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LRN_SCI 301 Macrocognition: Intelligence in Action (1): A social and cultural investigation of cognition, studying macrocognition in the wider context of cognitive science research.
LRN_SCI 302 Education and the Changing Workplace (1): The changing nature of work and how it impacts the skills needed for work in the next century. The design of education for teaching the skills needed for work in the next century.
LRN_SCI 321 The Psychology of Learning and Instruction (1): Psychological processes in learning; conditions affecting learning; strategies for learning, memory, and thinking; intelligence and intellectual development; deficits in learning; instructional objectives for learning; and the measurement of achievement.
LRN_SCI 322 Young Children's Cognitive Development (1): Development theory of Jean Piaget. Other theoretical frameworks and ethological research related to Piagetian theory.
LRN_SCI 329 Workshop in Improving Educational Practices (1-3) : Instructional theory and applications in classroom and nonclassroom settings. No more than three units of LRN_SCI 329 may be applied toward a graduate degree in the School of Education and Social Policy.
LRN_SCI 401 Cognition and Learning (1): Theoretical and methodological techniques for knowledge representation, primarily as practiced by cognitive scientists. Application of these techniques to issues of learning that are of interest to researchers in the learning sciences.
LRN_SCI 402 Social Dimensions of Teaching and Learning (1): Students' relationships with one another and with teachers in school and nonschool settings. Implications for classroom instruction of social learning theory, student diversity, classroom climate, cooperative and competitive goal structures, and processes of attribution and achievement motivation.
LRN_SCI 403 Learning in Context: Cognitive Science Foundations of the Learning Sciences (1): Cognitive and social science theories of how people learn to understand, reason, and solve problems. Implications for the design of classroom learning environments; learning in real scenarios for investigating central issues in cognitive science. Learning in mathematics, science, reading/ writing, and informal reasoning.
LRN_SCI 422 Development and Learning (1): Ontogeny of human intellectual structures and capacities from birth to maturity, especially the early years. Theoretical perspectives of Piaget, Vygotsky, Werner, and Bruner. Research in growth of competence.
LRN_SCI 423 Human Motivation (1): Motivation as it relates to cognitive tasks; motivational consequences of extrinsic and intrinsic sources of motivation, student's goals, and individual self-concept in standard educational environments as well as in computer-based teaching, cooperative group, and discovery-learning environments.
LRN_SCI 425 Introduction to Design for the Learning Sciences: Designing Educational Experiences (1): Building the skills and knowledge necessary to support the design of educational experiences. Exploration of general design principles and learning sciences theoretical perspectives through examination of existing cases of instructional design. A design project involving needs analysis, specifying learning objectives, and designing a new educational experience.
LRN_SCI 427 Theories of Instruction (1): Theories of instruction and the teaching-learning process. Applications to various educational settings.
LRN_SCI 428 Observational Techniques and Methods (1): Techniques and methods for analyzing data obtained from observations of teacher-learner interactions in educational settings.
LRN_SCI 429 Design of Learning Environments (1): Issues in designing and studying innovative learning environments. New models of classroom interaction, particularly using technology to enable new cognitive and social roles for students. Topics include simulations, tutors, computer-mediated communication, project-based learning. Theoretical motivations in cognitive and social-interaction learning theories, empirical studies evaluating their effectiveness, and prospects for propagation of such innovations.
LRN_SCI 431 Restructuring Education (1): Redesigning education for the next century through incorporation of emerging technology. Students collaborate in development of a new design for schools.
LRN_SCI 432 New Approaches to Assessment (1): Analysis of proposals for new assessment tools such as portfolios, performance, exhibitions, and projects. Topics include writing and teacher assessment, uses of computers and video in assessment, testing and standards, and differences in assessment methods in various states and nations.
LRN_SCI 433 Measurement in Education (1): Issues in the development and use of applied measures in real learning situations. Topics include reliability, scaling and scale development, and construct validity of composite measures. Examines widely-used metrics such as IQ and standardized tests.
LRN_SCI 434 Teacher Thinking and Learning (1): Recent research on teacher cognition, how teacher knowledge is organized and accessed, and relationship between knowledge and practices. Investigate novice and veteran teachers learning
LRN_SCI 435 New Approaches in Science Teaching: Theory and Practice (1): Issues in science education research and practice, including inquiry-based learning, conceptual change and educational technology. Hands-on experience with curriculum, technology and activity design.
LRN_SCI 436 Research in Teaching and Learning Mathematics (1): Overview of current important areas of research on mathematics teaching and learning. Students research specific topics for oral report.
LRN_SCI 437 Research in Reading and Language (1): Research in fields related to reading and language. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
LRN_SCI 438 Teaching with Technology (1): Conceptual strategies for integrating technology into effective pedagogy and practical strategies for employing technology in classrooms. Includes hands-on experience with technology and a design project.
LRN_SCI 439 Cognitive Science Models of Learning and Problem Solving (1): How people learn to solve problems in new domains; focusing on mental representations, learning mechanisms, and techniques for facilitating learning. Formal domains such as mathematics and science problem solving and everyday reasoning tasks.
LRN_SCI 441 Socio-Cultural Contexts for Literacy Acquisition and Instruction (1): How issues of culture and social context interact to influence acquisition and teaching of literacy competencies. Definitions of literacy, comparison of oral language and written texts, and the influence of cultural background on reading comprehension.
LRN_SCI 442 Critical Pedagogy, Narrative Voice, and the Acquisition of Knowledge (1): Influences of culture and social context on thinking as those relationships are mediated through language; how concepts of self and voice are mediated through personal narrative. Implications for instruction.
LRN_SCI 443 Analyzing Educational Policy (1): Introduction to issues in educational reform. Analyzing educational reform; framing educational policy problems; examining reformers' assumptions about the school system, about the roles of school in society, and about teaching and learning. The course is grounded in school decentralization, systemic reform and school choice.
LRN_SCI 450 Proseminar in Learning Sciences (1): Introduction to fundamental concepts, methods, and theories of the learning sciences, as realized through faculty research.
LRN_SCI 451 Learning Science Journal Club (1): Discussion of trends in the field of Learning Sciences via articles and other resources.
LRN_SCI 452 Constructionist Learning (1): Close reading of constructionist sources and of sources that have had significant impact on constructionist thought.
LRN_SCI 463 Topics in Research Methods (1): Methodological approaches to research on learning- teaching environment implementation. Methods for examining processes of change and adoption of educational interventions in various settings. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
LRN_SCI 465 Topics in Assessment and Measurement (1): Current research concerning evaluation, assessment, and measurement issues in human learning, in various settings. Topics vary. May be repeated for credit with change of topic.
LRN_SCI 477 Philosophical and Historical Foundations of Educational Technologies (1): How influential root metaphors for the learner, knowledge, and learning processes become embodied in educational technologies, and how the sociocultural context of their design and use influences their appropriation or rejection.
LRN_SCI 499 Independent Study (1-3) : May be repeated for credit. Permission of instructor and department required.
LRN_SCI 590 Research (1-3) : Independent investigation of selected problems pertaining to thesis or dissertation. May be repeated for credit.
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